Thousands of people in Alberta and Montana speak Blackfoot, an Algonquian language. But the numbers are diminishing and the survival of Blackfoot is in some danger. To help preserve the language while it is still in daily use, Donald G. Frantz and Norma Jean Russell collaborated on the Blackfoot Dictionary, published in 1989 to widespread acclaim and later revised in 1995. Blackfoot Grammar, the companion volume to the dictionary, has now also been updated with a second edition. The changes made to each chapter reflect new approaches refined through years of teaching experience. New chapters on 'Numbers and Enumeration' and 'Translating from English to Blackfoot' have been added, as well as new exercises and two new appendixes describing the phonetics of Blackfoot and the design of the alphabet. This second edition of Blackfoot Grammar will be a welcome update not only for those who wish to learn the language, but for all those with an interest in Native Studies and North American linguistics.

Although thousands of people in Alberta and Montana speak Blackfoot, an Algonquian language, their numbers are diminishing and the survival of Blackfoot is in danger. Blackfoot Grammar, the companion volume to The Blackfoot Dictionary of Stems, Roots and Affixes Third Edition, provides description and analyses of the major features of Blackfoot grammar and language structures. The changes throughout this third edition reflect approaches refined through years of teaching experience. A new appendix, featuring a lengthy Blackfoot text with interlinear English translation has been added, as well as numerous corrections and additions to every chapter. This third edition of Blackfoot Grammar will be a welcome resource not only for those who wish to learn the language, but for all those with an interest in Native Studies and North American linguistics.

The Blackfoot Dictionary is a comprehensive guide to the vocabulary of Blackfoot. This third edition of the critically acclaimed dictionary adds more than 1,100 new entries, major additions to verb stems, and the inclusion of vai, vii, vta, and viti syntactic categories.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 edition. Excerpt: ...A wash hasin, A wash tub, A wash board, A large tub, Sewing machine, Thread, and sinew_ House, or Fort, nap e o yis. A door, kits im e. A window, _ kris to konIe stan. 'A bed, ak sin. Earth, dirt, tchok kome. The sun, nat to se. The moon, (usual namc, ) ko kus nat to se (night sun ) Stars, kok i_ tose. Thunder, . kris to kome ok A ne lightning, ak kun nas we. " k tcr, o ke. Fog, seet se nut se. Smoke, as seet se. Fire, -is tsE. Rain, Snow, Heat, Cold, Ice, Bush. River, Lake, Ravine, Prairie, Timber, Mountain, A spring, Rock, or stone, Coal, stone, Grass, Weed lake. North, South, A road, or trail, A wagon road, A shirt, A tail. Arm, Arteries, Back, Belly, Breast, Blood, Back bone, Bone, Body, Brain, Chin, Eye, Elbow, Face, Finger, Head, Hair, Hand. Heart, Hip, Intestine, Knee, Leg, Liver, -Lungs. Mouth, Muscle, Marrow, Nose, Ribs, Skin, Tongue, Tooth, Urine, Dung, Wind pipe, . Saskatchawan river, Elk river, Bow river, Little Bow river, High river, Elbow river, Pine gulch, Willow creek, Old mans river, Belly river. Kootanay river, Milk river, Cut bank river, Two medicine river, Badger creek, L'epcoye creek, Muddy creek, Teton river, Missouri river, Sun river, ('l..itfmcrn1ain, Sweet grass hills, Pear paw mountains, Old Ft. Kipp, Ft. Hamilton, Piegan Agency, Ft. Benton, Ft. Assinaboine, Milk river ridge, A doctor, A priest, A carpenter, A watchman, A blacksmith, A gunsmith, Meat, green, Meat, dry, Dried tongue, Coal oil, Wood, Steam-boat, Following are:1 few examples, showing the use of the pronoun before the noun. My horse, Your horse, His horse, My gun, Your gun, His gun, My child, Your child, His child, no tas. ko tas. o tas. ne nA mA. ke nA mA. o nA mA. no kose. ko kose. o kose. My wife, Your wife, His wife, ...